"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message


Every time I click on a RealPlayer link, I get the message "Requested
file is not found". Every time I click on a Windows Media link, I get
the message "The playlist format is not recognized". This occurs in
both Netscape and Internet Explorer.

And yes, I'm using a Mac. No, I'm not looking for sympathy, I'm just
curious as to why I'm having problems.

The later videos were compressed using WinMedia Encoder 9 and Helix Producer
9 (Real). If you're using WMP 7.1 on an older Mac, you won't be able to
play the WM9 videos without some sort of third-party conversion as MS is not
going to support WM9 on Macs other than OS X.

I don't know the reason for the Real links not working, but the only other
complaint I had about those was from another Mac user on OS 9.2. What
version of Real are you using? Do you have the same problem with older
videos (say, pre-2003)?

I've considered using MPEG compression, but I get a *lot* more bang for the
bandwidth with WMV and RM.

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